Johanne Lykke Holm

A Novel

Strega

Clara Gauthier

One by one they surface, all the world's missing girls, hundreds, thousands. Some in nuns' wimples, others in uniform. They stretch their hands to the sky. One wants to shout: Where have you been? One wants to shout: We’ve been looking for you. 

I knew a woman’s life could at any point be turned into a crime scene. 

weird and surrealist and everything i wanted out of a book abt 9 19 year old women living as seasonal workers in an abandoned hotel. this novel creates a visual out of the experiences of growing as a young woman and how one’s relationships with everything else in the world around them change through this growth. weird girl representation

There were a few aspects of this that I enjoyed, mostly the writing and the setting. The writing was descriptive and had beautiful imagery. There were times when it felt a little too forced, almost like it was trying to be more poetic than it was, but I enjoyed it for the most part. What kept my interest was the setting. I love when stories are set in remote, creepy locations, and this Alpine hotel more than fits the bill. While I wasn't invested in the mystery itself and found the plot took too long to kick off, I still thought this was a decent read.

Strega A Novel

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